Fake Arm Disarm YKTTW Discussion

This character has an Artificial Limb, Electronic Eye or other prosthesis, and while he's not a full Cyborg--the rest of him is just squishy human flesh--what he does have is far stronger, more durable and just plain better than his former body part. There's only one problem: it keeps getting wrecked. Enemies shoot like there's a bullseye on it, falling rocks gravitate towards it and it falls off at the drop of a hat like the character is some Steam Punk leper. Meanwhile, his natural appendages never suffer more than flesh wounds, despite being made of far less hardy stuff.

On the other hand, the character can also Invoke the trope in order to protect his less replaceable limbs, like leaving the prosthesis behind as a decoy while the character escapes.

Frequently Justified, as realistic prostheses are usually weaker than the body parts they replace and detachable, making them easy to lose. Also, the strength of an Artificial Limb could make a character be more reckless with it and a weaponized prosthesis would be an obvious target for enemies.

You are saying that you think this draft is ready to be published. That means the description is not ambiguous,
it doesn't duplicate an existing trope, there are at least three examples, and the title makes sense.

Is that what you meant to do?

You are saying this draft has a ready-to-publish hat it does not deserve and you are taking it back.

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